I decided to have some fun experimenting for this project using Dragons. I
have always loved Dragons so I decided to make myself some coffee coasters for
my studio. I made three coasters but decided to add one onto a journal too
leaving me two for coffee.

I will be honest and say that I lost count of how many layers I have ended
up with as some of the first layers did not work out as I thought so I just
added another layer and carried on!

Still I am happy with the end pieces so I learnt a good lesson. Don't be
scared to carry on even when things aren't going to plan.

I started out by painting the coasters with Prussian Blue Hue Fluid
acrylic.

On the first one I added three layers of clear embossing powder and stamped
the dragon into it with Jet Black Archival ink. When it was cool I added some
gilding pastes. It didn't look right so I added more embossing powder and heated
it again to get a flat surface. I then stamped a different dragon with glue and
added gilding flakes. I liked it but some of the detail was lost so I added
another layer of powder and heated it. When that was cool I stamped over the
gilded dragon with black archival ink again which then gave me the detail I
wanted.

For the second coaster I stamped the dragon in glue and gilded it with
flakes. I added further gilding with a stencil around the edge. I then added a
couple of layers of embossing powder and melted it. When that was cool I stamped
another smaller dragon in black ink.

For the journal I made the coaster the same as before but didn't stamp over
the surface.

I painted the cover of the journal with Prussian Blue to tone down the
existing surface but still allowing the decorative elements of the cover to show
through. I used a stencil to add gilding to the top and bottom corners before
attaching the the coaster to the centre.

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